Therefore, the key to the success or failure of project cost audit is to highlight the key points and appropriate methods.
However, during the construction process, due to inadequate construction management, some divisional works have quality problems, and the cost of subsequent treatment of these quality problems is often large.
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For example, the general terms of an industry stipulates that the price difference of main materials of the project shall be settled according to the price index published by the state and the weight of different divisional and subdivisional works according to the index method, and the special terms of the project have modified the above provisions and agreed that the prices of other materials shall not be adjusted except for the materials subject to policy price adjustment, The risk of material price rise is considered by the contractor in the bidding quotation, but the price difference of all main materials is adjusted during the settlement of the project, which increases the project cost in violation of the contract.
Generally, according to the contract, the Contractor shall deliver compliant and excellent construction products.
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In order to win the bid, the contractor often makes high-standard commitments to various contracting obligations such as construction period and quality, and generally adopts the strategy of low price bidding in bidding quotation.
After you read the drawings and find out, you can make a complete set of project budget ~ the reason for increasing the project cost.
It is highly professional, faces complex situations, requires a lot of audit data, has great problems and disputes, and the task is extremely arduous, It is very difficult to conduct a comprehensive cost audit on the authenticity and legitimacy of the cost of construction and installation projects in a limited audit time.
The change unit price is not determined according to the principles agreed in the contract terms.
The project cost is increased due to the inadequate performance of duties by the owner and the supervision unit and the lack of cost management experience.
If the Contractor fails to fully perform its contractual obligations, the project losses shall be borne by the owner.
The state has issued the model contract and formulated the general terms of the contract for engineering projects in different industries.
For example, various cooling measures that must be taken for mass concrete are clearly specified in a certain engineering technical clause, and the commercial clause also clearly stipulates that all expenses caused by these Measures shall be included in the tender offer.
Through engineering changes and claims, the risks borne by the contractor will be transferred to the owner.
If cracks appear in the main works due to inadequate construction technology and management during the construction of a project, the owner ignores the contract agreement that the contract price includes the costs of completion, detection, maintenance and defect repair of all projects, compensates the contractor for the cost of crack repair, and unreasonably increases the project cost.
There are clear provisions on the change of unit price in the bill of quantities in the contract for increasing the project cost.
It is generally agreed that when there are sub items in the bill of quantities applicable to the change, the unit price of the sub item shall be adopted; If there are no sub items applicable to change in the bill of quantities, the unit price or total price of similar sub items shall be referred to as the basis of change evaluation within a reasonable range, and the unit price or total price after change shall be determined by the supervision unit and the Contractor through negotiation; If there is no similar sub item in the bill of quantities for reference, the supervision unit, the owner and the Contractor shall negotiate to determine the new unit price or total price.
Due to the supervision unit’s lax control, some changed unit prices are not set in strict accordance with the above principles, increasing the project cost..
However, during the implementation of some projects, in order to facilitate their management, the owner ignored the above commitments and signed supplementary agreements on various objectives and quality management without improving the standards, so as to increase the project cost in the form of bonus.
However, the cost audit of construction and installation project is quite different from the general financial revenue and expenditure audit, involving all links of project site management such as project survey and design, bidding, contract, quality and progress control, measurement and payment.
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Understanding the construction drawings is the premise of making a good budget.
When performing the contract, he tries every means to supplement the compensation agreement, project change By means of claim, transfer the risk to the owner as much as possible and strive for more interests.
When signing the contract for some projects, according to the characteristics of the project itself, the general terms in the model contract were modified through the provisions of the special terms of the contract, but the settlement of the project was not based on the provisions of the special terms and the general terms.
For example, a project contractor has made detailed commitments on the specific completion time, quality requirements, excellent rate and safe and civilized management on the construction site in the tender document, and during construction, the owner has signed various forms of supplementary agreements on objective, quality, safe and civilized management for the contractual obligations to be performed by the above contractor, and agreed to pay various forms of bonuses, Violate the substantive terms of the original contract and increase the project cost.
However, the Contractor’s bid price did not consider the concrete cooling cost, but required to change and increase the water cooling facilities and costs, which unreasonably increased the project cost.
The special terms of the contract are not strictly performed, the settlement is made according to the general terms, and the project cost is increased.
Generally, the technical and commercial terms of the contract have clear provisions on the construction process, measures, process standards and relevant construction specification basis of each project list sub item, and clearly agree that the relevant expenses shall be included in the tender offer.
However, in the process of implementation, the contractor puts forward various changes and claims for various reasons to avoid its contractual obligations and increase the project cost.
In order to win the bid, the contractor often makes various commitments in the bidding documents for all links of construction management, construction risks and delivered construction products.
According to the practical experience of project cost audit in recent years, the problem of illegally increasing the project cost without strictly performing the contract is the most common in the current project settlement, and has the greatest impact on the project cost.
You must read the drawings carefully and carefully, so as to know every piece of information like the back of your hand.
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Some owners simplify management, do not make counterclaims against the contractor, and even compensate relevant expenses.
